On the mystery of the golden angle in phyllotaxis

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 685-695

  King, S ^a   Beck, F ^a   Luttge U ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Golden angle; Leaf canopy; Light capture; Number theory; Optimization; Phyllotaxis; Schimper braun series

Indexed keywords

TAXIS;

EID: 2642585068     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2004.01185.x     Document Type: Review

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